Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible





Beloved, giving all diligence to write to you concerning the common salvation, I was under a necessity to write and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. Verse ConceptsFight Of FaithOnly OnceAll Believers Are SaintsThe Gospel Of Salvationeffort

This testimony is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toChurch DisciplineDiscipline Of The ChurchThe FaithReproving Peoplerebuking




Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction which you have followed; Verse Conceptsdoctrine, Purpose ofdefence, humanOrthodoxy, In NtTeachingClergyThe FaithSound Doctrineimprovementdoctrine


For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse read more.
in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds.

They are zealous for you, but not well, but they wish to exclude you that you may be zealous for them. Verse ConceptsExcommunicationmotives

For you heard of my conduct formerly in Judaism, that I greatly persecuted the church of God and destroyed it; and was a proficient in Judaism beyond many of my age among my people, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge; for not knowing God's righteousness, and seeking to set up their righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness.


and having heard, they glorified God, and said to him, You see, brother, how many ten thousands there are of those who have believed, among the Jews, and all are zealots of the law; Verse ConceptsZealMany In The ChurchSalvation For IsraelSpecific Praising Of GodTaking The Law To Heartzealots


And a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have places of shelter, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

And as they were traveling on the way, one said to him, I will follow you wherever you go. And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven places of shelter; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse read more.
in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds. What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice;

All the saints salute you, especially those of Caesar's family. Verse ConceptsCaesarRoman Emperors

Make haste to come before winter. Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brothers, salute you. Verse ConceptsWinterBrotherhoodeffort

and [salute] the assembly at their house. Salute Epenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ. Salute Mary, who labored much for us. Salute Andronicus and Junius, my relatives and my fellow-captives, who are distinguished among the apostles, and who were before me in Christ. read more.
Salute Amplias my beloved in the Lord. Salute Urbanus our co-laborer in Christ, and Stachus my beloved. Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. Salute those of the [family] of Aristobulus. Salute Herodion, my relative. Salute those of the [family] of Narcissus who are in the Lord. Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labored in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. Salute Rufus the elect in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them. Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them. Salute one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you. I exhort you, brothers, to observe those that cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, and avoid them;

But I wish you to know, brothers, that the things as to me have resulted in the advancement of the gospel, so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the Praetorium and in all other places, and many of the brothers having been made confident by my bonds in the Lord have more abundant courage to speak the word without fear. read more.
For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds. What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice;

that you may prove the excellent, that you may be without fault and without offense in the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. But I wish you to know, brothers, that the things as to me have resulted in the advancement of the gospel, read more.
so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the Praetorium and in all other places, and many of the brothers having been made confident by my bonds in the Lord have more abundant courage to speak the word without fear. For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will; [\ul Note: The text of verse comes after the text of verse in Sawyer]those from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel, but those from contention preach Christ not sincerely, thinking to raise up affliction for my bonds. What then? nevertheless, in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached, and in this I rejoice. But I also will rejoice; for I know that this will result in salvation to me, through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Because for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. But if to live in the flesh [is allowed me], I have this fruit of my work, and which I shall choose I know not.